Movie
American Beauty (1999)
- Director
- Sam Mendes
Synopsis
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Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation for his daughter's attractive friend.
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Noted theater director Sam Mendes, who was responsible for the acclaimed 1998 revival of Cabaret and Nicole Kidman's turn in The Blue Room, made his motion picture debut with this film about the dark side of an American family, and about...
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While struggling to endure his perfection-obsessed wife (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling job and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch), suburbanite Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) falls deep into a midlife crisis and becomes infatuated ...
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Top Movie Moments
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"I need a father who's a role model, not some horny geek boy who's going to spray his shorts whenever I bring a girlfriend home from school."
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"What a lame-o."
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"Sorry I'm late."
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"No, that's quite all right, dear."
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"Nice suit."
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"You're Looking good, Mr. Burnham."
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"I've been waiting for you."
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"You've been working out, haven't you?"
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Choking the bishop
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"What are you doing?"
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"Nothing."
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Plastic bag scene
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"it was one of those days where it's a minute away from snowing, and there was this electricity in the air."
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"You can almost hear it."
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"What?"
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"Uh, whose car is that out front?"
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"And... Carolyn."
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"I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world."
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American Beauty Movie Trailer
